Not so fast. Front end development is in fantastic shape for an industry that’s 25 years old. In a quarter century, we’ve participated in reshaping how billion

Not so fast. Front end development is in fantastic shape for an industry that’s 25 years old. In a quarter century, we’ve participated in reshaping how billions of people spend their free time and get their work done, seen the rise of social giants, endured the creation of millions of mediocre small business sites, learned to build apps, and taught millions to code in the process. Now, some of our current development paradigms are either underdeveloped or outright broken. News websites are a cultural disaster. Web app development changes weekly. This is the natural result of many people trying many things. But the web mostly works most of the time. Eventually we will have fully baked standards with supervisory committees and enforcement and professional certifications and insurance and all the other trappings of a fully grown industry. But right now we get to enjoy the growth of one of the most exciting industries in history, despite it’s problems. Front end development isn’t broken, it’s teething.